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The day has arrived! At 4pm ET, the winners of the 2020 Digital Publishing Awards will be unveiled in a livestream digital presentation on Twitter.com/DPAwards and you can follow along here on digitalpublishingawards.ca.

Be sure to keep refreshing this page to see live updates starting from 4pm ET. We are looking forward to sharing all the exciting news with you, your friends and colleagues.

If you’re hosting a watch party with Zoom or other video conferencing tools, or you’re a DPA winner, we want to hear from you!

Send us your photos, videos or speeches by email at staff@magazine-awards.com or tag us on Twitter @DPAwards or on Facebook @DPAwards. We will share your tweets, posts and videos here on our live blog and on our social media channels.

[5:20pm] That concludes our Winners Celebration! Thank you to everyone for joining us and a huge congratulations to the outstanding winners and finalists of the 2020 Digital Publishing Awards!

[5:09pm] We’re down to the final award! General Excellence is split into 3 divisions honouring publications that live up to their editorial mandate, meet high journalistic standards, and serve their intended audience by taking full advantage of the opportunities digital mediums offer.

First up, let’s see who takes home the gold in the small publication division…

The next #DPA20 award honours an innovative digital creation, project or concept that leverages data-driven technology or design to enhance the storytelling, and the audience engagement or experience. The projects nominated for Innovation in Digital Storytelling are: pic.twitter.com/2l6nzBd3gj

[5:00pm] Check out this excellent work nominated in Best Digital Design…

This #DPA20 award honours the digital publication with the most successful and original overall combination of visual and graphic design elements with functionality and user experience. Let’s take a look at the nominated and winning projects for Best Digital Design… pic.twitter.com/X1zjVgJ0p6

Our next category honours the podcast series that best serves its intended audience. Judges considered the originality of the theme and the quality of production, as well as creative use of the podcasting or audio medium. And the finalists in #DPA20 Best Podcast are… pic.twitter.com/sZDb9u8SAB

And now, let’s have a look at the finalists and TIED gold winners for Best Editorial Newsletter. This #DPA20 category honours the outstanding work of an editorial team in creating original and engaging content via a regular email series… pic.twitter.com/VMQIsQswcd

[4:50pm] Now onto Best Social Storytelling… let’s see who takes home the gold…

The Best Social Storytelling award honours the publication that most successfully tells a story using one or more social media platforms. Storytelling elements may include text, audio, video, photographs, illustrations, infographics & design elements. The #DPA20 finalists are… pic.twitter.com/LtOXxccu7J

[4:48pm] The next award recognizes outstanding use of photography to tell a story, including photojournalism, photo essay, photo galleries, conceptual photography and photo-illustration. Now revealing the #DPA20 winners in Best Photo Storytelling…

[4:46pm] Best Online Mini-Doc is next, check out these outstanding nominees and winners…

On now to our next and last video category: Mini-Doc, will go the best entry in terms of overall quality of video production, including videography and video editing. Now unveiling the #DPA20 winners in Best Online Video: Mini-Doc…. pic.twitter.com/QEjVicBle1

And now, Best Online Video: Feature, an award recognizing creative excellence in the production of a video by a digital publisher that is between 4 and 6 minutes in length. Here are the shortlisted videos and the #DPA20 winners… pic.twitter.com/nHxnl3F9bw

Next up is an award that honours creative excellence in the production of a video by a digital publisher that is less than 4 minutes in length. And the #DPA20 nominees and winner for Best Online Video: Short is… pic.twitter.com/bMbW34mG1E

The next category honours the best overall story dealing with issues or subjects of science or technology, including investigative reporting, analysis and profiles. Here are the #DPA20 winners in Best Science & Technology Storytelling…. pic.twitter.com/5eEqn382GR

The #DPA20 finalists and winners for Best Arts & Culture Storytelling–honouring an outstanding piece that deals with issues or subjects of arts, culture, or entertainment–are… pic.twitter.com/1WEECHmuYE

[4:30pm] Let’s take a look at the Best Service Feature nominees and winners!

The Best Service Feature award honours a story that focuses on topics like travel, recreation and lifestyle, careers and personal finance, education or family and health, with an emphasis on excellence in writing, reporting and packaging of content. Here are your #DPA20 finalists pic.twitter.com/hHI06EYQ57

[4:26pm] Next up is Best Personal Essay – be sure to bookmark these great reads!

The next #DPA20 award this afternoon is Best Personal Essay, which honours the best overall story in which the writer’s perspective and/or personal experience is the main focus. pic.twitter.com/gAER6MsSy7

[4:24pm] Let’s take a look at the nominees and winners in Best Feature Article: Long…

This category recognizes the best overall story of 4001+ words in terms of overall quality of writing. Reporting, personal essays, criticism, reviews and other non-fiction genres are eligible for this award. Here are the nominees and winners for Best Feature Article: Long… pic.twitter.com/C5uIBr1JJ4

Now, onto the next category: Best Feature Article: Short. This category honours the best feature story of 2,000 words or less, and of any non-fiction genres. The outstanding #DPA20 nominees are: pic.twitter.com/nCbsDgxogj

Thanks, @DPAwards ! An honour to have this story recognized, especially right now when the extreme sacrifices and lack of support, recognition and fair pay for personal support workers are more apparent than ever.Thanks @nickhunebrown, my first ever and still favourite editor. https://t.co/dc5MnMSyqY

Here's Best News Coverage: Community Publication. This award goes to a small, local digital publication that best serves its audience through timely, original reporting on any topic or event of local, provincial, national or international significance. The #DPA20 nominees are… pic.twitter.com/Eb4V8bzUWm

Up next are your #DPA20 nominees and winners in Best News Coverage. This award honours excellence in news reporting of a single topic or event based on the enterprise and skill of the reporter or team of reporters, including insightful analysis and compelling narrative. pic.twitter.com/LceY3oZvRX

Our next #DPA20 award honours the outstanding and collaborative work of an editorial team in creating an original series of related or thematic editorial content that best serves its audience, let's take a look at Best Digital Editorial Package… pic.twitter.com/oMoMt3itPe

This award is generously sponsored by the Reader’s Digest Foundation @ReadersDigestCA, a charity dedicated to the development of Canadian journalism, and supporting journalists and creators. Thank you!

We’re officially accepting entries for the 2020 Digital Publishing Awards, recognizing the best of Canada’s digital publishing content. This year, the awards are composed of 23 distinct categories, including one new category—Best Feature Article. Note that the early bird deadline is January 16th, and the final deadline is January 23rd.

Freelancer Support Fund

Freelance writers, designers, videographers, podcasters, photographers and illustrators who enter their own work for consideration can take advantage of our Freelancer Support Fund. Simply submit two entries, select “Freelancer Support Fund” at the payment stage, and within 24 hours we’ll send you a revised invoice reflecting the buy-one-get-one-free discount.

Rules and Judging

Prior to submitting entries, please be sure to review the DPA Rules, which include useful info on eligible content and publications. Importantly, to be eligible for the DPAs, a digital publication must have a permanent editorial staff in Canada, and be published in either English, French, or both languages. Publications do not need to be exclusively digital to be eligible.

Submissions and Deadlines

The submissions process is completely digital—visit submissions.digitalpublishingawards.ca to enter. Submit before January 16th, the early bird deadline, and pay only $110 for your entries. After that, submissions are $125 and must be received by January 23rd.

Nominations for the Emerging Excellence Award and the Digital Publishing Award will be open until March 2nd, 2020. (For submissions made between January 24th to March 2nd, please email them to info@digitalpublishingawards.ca).

Soirée

All #DPA20 winners will be presented at the spring soirée, with details announced in early 2020. To stay in the loop, follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

At the Digital Publishing Awards, we’re excited to announce the newly-revised lineup of 23 categories for 2020. This year, we’re introducing Best Feature Article, a complement to the two other feature article categories. We’ve also refined the video lengths for the Best Online Video categories, to better reflect the content being produced by the industry. Here’s the full line-up:

Best Digital Editorial Package

Best Column

Best News Coverage (Community Publication)

Best News Coverage

Best Feature Article *NEW*

Best Feature Article: Short

Best Feature Article: Long

Best Personal Essay

Best Arts & Culture Storytelling

Best Science & Technology Storytelling

Best Service Feature

Best Online Video: Short

Best Online Video: Feature

Best Online Video: Mini-Doc

Best Podcast

Best Digital Design

Best Photo Storytelling

Best Social Storytelling

Best Editorial Newsletter

Innovation in Digital Storytelling

Emerging Excellence Award

Digital Publishing Leadership Award

General Excellence in Digital Publishing: Small, Medium, and Large Publications

The call for entries opens on December 9, 2019 and closes on January 23rd, 2020 at midnight ET. To save on entry fees, get your submissions in by January 16, 2020, the early bird deadline. Freelancers, you’ll be pleased to know that we’re once again offering the Freelancer Support Fund for independent writers and creators!

Call for Judges

Want to judge for the DPAs? We’re now welcoming applications. Please send an email to info@digitalpublishingawards.ca with a few sentences outlining your professional experience. For further information on the process, visit our How to be a Juror page.

Ideal candidates should fulfill one or more of the following criteria:

Internationally renowned journalist, editor, designer or other expert with an interest in supporting the NMAF fulfill its mission;

Editor, art director, publisher, web editor or other staff member (past or present) of a Canadian magazine, whether or not your publication participates in the National Magazine Awards, Digital Publishing Awards, or National Magazine Awards: B2B;

Freelance or staff writer, illustrator, photographer or digital creator, where a significant portion of your work is in Canadian publications (especially if you have been nominated for or won a National Magazine Award, Digital Publishing Award, or National Magazine Award: B2B yourself);

Journalist (print, broadcast, digital) with expertise in a particular field represented by one or more NMA, DPA, or NMA: B2B categories (such as photojournalism, service, arts & culture, fiction, poetry, etc);

Bilingual: Not all of our judges need be bilingual, but all awards juries will have at least one bilingual member.

We welcome applications from individuals who bring different industry perspectives – from recognized leaders to celebrated emerging talents. We also aim for the judging panels to reflect our country’s diverse Indigenous, cultural, and regional communities.

Judging will take place during February and March 2020. For more information, or to nominate a peer to the jury, contact us at info@digitalpublishingawards.ca

The National Media Awards Foundation is excited to reveal our jury for the 2019 awards. Every year, more than 75 volunteers from the media and publishing industry lend their time and expertise to judge the Digital Publishing Awards. Many thanks to all of the talented people who joined our jury this year!

Elamin Abdelmahmoud is a social media editor for BuzzFeed Canada and editor, news curation with BuzzFeed News. He is a panelist and columnist for CBC News, and he writes a monthly column for Chatelaine. Elamin teaches journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto.

Sadiya Ansari is a writer, editor and digital strategist. Her work—including essays, features, books reviews and news hits—has appeared in the Guardian, Chatelaine, Flare, Maclean’s, VICE, the Globe and Mail and more. She was an associate editor at Chatelaine, and has previously reported news and original investigations for the Toronto Star, produced TV for CBC News, edited opinion for HuffPost Canada, and covered arts for the Canadian Press. She’s currently the managing editor of features at Global News.

Originally intent on a career in interior design, Line Atallah fell in love with the web and brought her creative eye to the digital world, first as a designer and creative director, then as a marketing strategist. From driving force for technology startups to subject matter expert for major lifestyle brands, Line has influenced and guided digital marketing success across a broad range of industries and media. With her extensive experience in digital publishing, Line has both a high-level strategic view and a detailed appreciation of production. Today, she is Vice-President, Marketing for Montreal AI technology provider Keatext.

James Baxterrecently retired as editor and publisher of iPolitics, the news service he founded in 2010. In more than three decades in journalism, he has been a sportswriter, political journalist, bureau chief and editorial writer. Prior to starting iPolitics, James was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University where he studied the role of a free press in democracy. James holds degrees in international relations, journalism, and business administration. He lives in Ottawa with his wife, Sarah, three children and their very big dog.

Chris Bond is a freelance art director and digital content specialist. He is the former Manager, Digital Platforms for English magazine brands at TVA Publications including Canadian Living, Style at Home andELLECanada. Chris has had the opportunity to work with development, digital and editorial content, sales and marketing teams to facilitate the creation, implementation and management of digital best practices, technical innovation, partnerships and strategy across all digital platforms. He spent the first 15 years of his career in the art department at Canadian Living magazine, art directing and designing the monthly magazine and numerous national best-selling cookbooks.

Claire Bouchard is a content strategist at La Presse, the first in the newspaper industry to succeed a true digital turn. She leads the conception and execution of all branded content media campaigns, with a strong focus on strategy. She also acts as the editor-in-chief of four magazines published in La Presse+ (SUITE, Habitat, Ambiance maison, 46-64). Prior to her work at La Presse, she worked for Groupe TVA as a web editor-in-chief, and in advertising. She is also the author of two books about Montréal.

Lise Boullard is a passionate lifestyle editor and writer with over a decade of experience. After completing a master’s degree in publishing from Simon Fraser University, Lise’s French roots drew her east where she served as associate editor of Reader’s Digest in Montreal. Back in Vancouver, Lise joined Glacier Media, where she spent three years living the good life—and writing about it—as managing editor of Vita and Vancouver Living magazines. Lise now works at the forefront of Canada’s digital publishing industry, crafting copy that appeals to both humans (and algorithms) as content manager of Glacier Media’s digital department. She also freelances regularly for the North Shore News and shares her lifestyle musings on her blog, The Editor’s Diary.

Bruno Boutot is a consultant on digital media, based in Montreal. He is a former journalist and editor in chief. He is the author of Media Machina, an essay on business models for digital media. He runs @PlateauCom, an experiment on hyperlocal news.

Genna Buck is a freelance journalist and editor in Toronto. She is a journalism instructor at Humber College and a former reporter and editor at Metro News Canada (later StarMetro). With designer Andrés Plana, she co-created Metro Science, an innovative science journalism and public education project. She was the NMA gold winner in 2015 for Best New Writer, and nominated the same year for the NMA in Investigative Reporting.

Mark Burgess is the managing editor of Advisor’s Edge, a magazine for financial advisors. He was previously associate editor of strategy magazine and deputy editor of The Hill Times.

Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer, filmmaker and TED speaker. She has a B.A. in philosophy from McGill University and an M.A. in Visual and Media anthropology from the Freie Universitat in Berlin. Kitra is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including a Canadian Screen Award, two Canada Council Grants for the Visual Arts, a 2016 TED Senior Fellowship, the 2013 International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award, first prize for the 2010 World Press Photo, a scholarship at FABRICA in Italy and the Thomas Morgan internship at the New York Times. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.

Monica C. Corcoran is an award-winning editorial director, community builder, and digital strategist with over 20 years experience in visual storytelling. She was most recently the founding director of Your Shot—National Geographic’s photo community—which grew to nearly 900 thousand members and over eight million images under her leadership. Prior to joining National Geographic, she spent 11 years at U.S. News & World Report magazine, where she started as an intern and left as the senior photo editor for the Money & Business section.

Julia De Laurentiis Johnson has created podcasts for Maclean’s, Shameless and the eOne podcasting network. Having worked at Shameless magazine for more than a decade in various roles, including running the Shameless Podcast Camp for teen girls and trans youth, she currently serves as a board member. Julia won the first DPA for Best Podcast Series for the Maclean’s culture podcast, The Thrill, which she co-produced/co-hosted.

Amanda De Souza is a video producer at HuffPost Canada where she produces videos and shows for news, politics, business and blogs. She previously worked in broadcast for CTV News Kitchener, Canada AM and for Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium.She has also worked in branded content and podcast production. She holds a master’s of Journalism from Ryerson University and is a member of the Ryerson Journalism Alumni Association.

Gillian Dobias produces editorial and commercial films for brands and media specialising in architecture, design, culture and hospitality. She brings 20 years of professional experience, working for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC and most recently Monocle where, as Executive Producer, she was responsible for all editorial and advertorial film production for its first decade. Today Gillian produces films for a range of clients across television and digital channels, combining her journalistic and brand experience to deliver powerful stories with a memorable message.

Christian Duperron has been appointed director of news at HuffPost Quebec last October, having first joined the team in 2013. He previously held various positions with the Montreal Metro newspaper, including director of interactive platforms, director of information and web editor.

Daniel Ehrenworth was born in Ottawa and received his BFA in photography studies from Ryerson University. In addition to commercial photography, Daniel is a gallery artist, dad, video director, ex-food blogger, Muppet fan, and jube jube aficionado. His commercial and editorial clients include Bloomberg, Businessweek, Canada Goose, The Fader, Ford, Google, Hyundai, Kia, Maynard’s, Sick Kids Hospital, Sport Check, Target, Tim Horton’s and The Verge to name a few. He has received numerous awards for his commercial work from the ADCC, American Photo, Applied Arts, Communication Arts, the D&AD, Luerzer’s Archive, and the National Magazine Awards.

Katie Engelhart is a reporter and documentary film producer at NBC News, based in New York City, and a Fellow at New America. Previously, she worked as a correspondent for VICE News. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her reporting, including the Canada National Magazine Award.

Brodie Fenlon is a professor of journalism at Centennial College in Toronto. He was previously the Senior Director of Daily News & Bureaus for the CBC. He began his career as a newspaper reporter and moved into digital journalism at The Globe and Mail in 2007. In 2011, he helped launch The Huffington Post Canada. Brodie joined the CBC in 2013 and was awarded the 2018 Digital Publishing Leadership Award from the National Media Awards Foundation.

Matt Frehner leads the Visual Journalism team at The Globe and Mail. The award-winning group of editors, designers, developers, photographers, videographers and graphic artists works to make sense of a complicated and fast-moving world through high-impact visual journalism.

Chris Frey is a partner at No Media Company, an editorial, research and creative studio, and the Toronto correspondent for Monocle magazine. A seven-time winner at the National Magazine Awards, Chris is formerly the founding editorial director of Hazlitt, and has contributed to the Guardian, the Globe and Mail, The Walrus, CBC Radio, Kinfolk, Maisonneuve and Azure.

Bruce Gillespie is an associate professor in and coordinator of the Digital Media and Journalism program at Wilfrid Laurier University. He also the author of News Writing and Reporting: An Introduction to Skills and Theory, published by Oxford University Press in 2018, and has edited three anthologies of personal essays: A Family by Any Other Name, Somebody’s Child and Nobody’s Father.

Gillian Grace is the senior digital managing editor at Chatelaine. She was previously a digital news editor at the National Post and a senior editor at Toronto Life.

Melissa Greer is the digital editor of besthealthmag.ca where she manages website content, newsletter strategy and the brand’s social presence. After graduating from the post-graduate journalism program at Humber College, she began her journalism career in print before a quick pivot to digital media. She specializes in health and wellness journalism but is happy to write about beauty, parenting, and just about any other lifestyle topic. She’s also a freelance writer and brand consultant.

Mathew Ingram is an award-winning journalist who has spent the past two decades writing about business, technology and new media as well as advising media companies on digital strategy. He is currently the chief digital writer for the Columbia Journalism Review, and prior to that he was a senior writer with Fortune magazine. Prior to joining Fortune, Mathew spent 15 years as a reporter and columnist at the Globe. Mathew’s writing has also appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the New Zealand Herald, and he has advised media outlets such as the Toronto Star, Post Media and the CBC on their digital strategy.

Malcolm Johnston is a features editor at Toronto Life.

Pierre Kattar is a video journalist and documentary filmmaker. He started at The Washington Post’s website in 1999, where he produced video news stories and short documentaries. He left the Post in 2010 and now works as an independent filmmaker. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, he grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Kattar graduated from DePaul University with an International Studies degree focusing on gender, power and race. He now lives in Rome, Italy.

Brian Kaufman is the founding editor of subTerrain Magazine and the Publisher at Anvil Press Book Publishers. He has been active in the writing and publishing community for thirty years.

Caitlin Kenny is the digital director at The Kit, where she oversees the brand’s award-winning online platforms. After a joint degree in journalism from the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College, her career began in the print world with seven years in FLARE’s beauty department. As magazine brands began to embrace the web, Caitlin became increasingly enamoured by the way stories come to life online and switched over to the digital world. Her writing has also appeared in Hello! Canada, Glow, Cosmetics, Beautezine, the Toronto Star and the Ottawa Citizen.

Independent filmmaker Helene Klodawsky is a passionate storyteller committed to portraying political and social struggles, as well as to exploring the documentary art form. Her work, spanning over thirty-five years, is screened, discussed and televised around the world in venues as diverse as New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Kenyan refugee camps. Through her films, compelling reflections on gender, justice and conflict are shared worldwide. A graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Klodawsky is on the board of Doc Quebec—part of the Doc Organization of Canada—and a member of the Writer’s Guild of Canada, and Réalisatrices Équitables.

Canadian Geographic editor-in-chief Aaron Kylie is an awarding-winning writer/editor/manager of national magazines. He was previously publications manager at the Canadian Wildlife Federation, where he oversaw Canadian Wildlife, Biosphere and Wild magazines, and prior to that, the long-time managing editor at Outdoor Canada magazine.

Emily Landau is a senior editor at Toronto Life, where she handles features. She has written for Toronto Life, GQ, Esquire, The Walrus and Hazlitt.

Émilie Larivée-Tourangeau is a digital content advisor for Radio-Canada’s Digital Media team. She started her career in 2008 in the public broadcaster’s newsroom, where she then served as assistant director, writer, researcher and online editor. In 2014, she became the deputy director general for the Quebec Federation of Professional Journalists, the country’s largest association devoted to the defence of press freedom. Early in 2017, she joined VICE Quebec as associate editor and in April 2018, she returned to Radio-Canada to share her expertise in the art of online storytelling.

Kim Latreille has spent the majority of her career in the bloody bowels of print publishing and media. While serving as a director for some of Canada’s largest magazine publishers, including Rogers Publishing, Cottage Life Media, and St. Joseph Media, her teams delivered award-winning magazine content across multiple platforms, web applications, mobile devices, and in print. Kim teaches magazine publishing part-time at Ryerson University, and is currently the publisher of Femke Magazine.

Andree Lau is the editor-in-chief of HuffPost Canada after serving as managing editor of news. She helped launch HuffPost B.C. in 2012 and later also managed HuffPost Alberta. Lau previously worked for CBC News as a TV reporter, videojournalist, writer/producer, and online editor in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Regina, and New Brunswick.

Leata Lekushoff is an award-winning writer, editor and content creator with 15 years experience in publishing and corporate communications. She was most recently the Senior Editor at Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession magazine. During that time, dozens of contributors were nominated as well as rewarded for their work under her direction, both at national and international levels. Leata began her career in film and TV, and has a background in photography. She is proud to be part of the jury for the 2019 Digital Publishing Awards for Best Online Video (Mini-Doc).

Guy Leshinski is an award-winning editor and writer with two decades’ experience crafting content for clients online, in print, as well as for social and cross-channel campaigns. A graduate of Ryerson University (B.A.A., Magazine Journalism) and Humber College (Honours Certificate), I’m a strategic thinker with a knack for creative and compelling storytelling. My work has won multiple awards in the field of custom content and my writing has been featured in consumer publications, including Toronto Life, the Globe and Mail, CBC and elsewhere. I conduct writing and editing seminars for journalists and other professionals. I am also a published cartoonist and illustrator.

Dan Levy is a Montreal-based writer, editor and content strategist. Since earning a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University, he has navigated the fascinating waters of media think tanks, global marketing agencies and fast-growing tech startups. He was the founding editor of the award-winning online magazine Sparksheet and currently serves as editorial director at Smooch.

Jacqueline Loch is a communications and media executive specializing in delivering multi-platform content marketing solutions and ROI for audiences and advertisers across print, digital, broadcast and social media. With over 25 years of experience gained at some of Canada’s largest media companies, she works closely with St. Joseph’s largest clients to create innovative and compelling cross platform content solutions. A recognized leader in content strategy and innovation, Jacquie is Chair of the board of The Content Council in New York and a frequent speaker on branded content solutions across Canada and internationally.

Dan Lytwyn is a video journalist at BBC News in Toronto. He previously worked as a video producer and studio lead at HuffPost Canada.

Catherine Marineau-Dufresne is a video director and producer. Her career has lead her to touch on all facets of modern journalism: from radio, to digital, to television. She began her career at CBC/Radio-Canada, traveling the country for 5 years, first as a video-journalist, then as a journalist and a radio news anchor. She then specialized in video content production at L’Actualité magazine where she was a journalist, director and video production manager for 2 years, before joining the Montreal office of VICE, where she was in charge of developing and producing video content covering Quebec culture. Her work was awarded the Lizette-Gervais Award for Best Video Report, and she was nominated for both the Gémeaux Awards and the Numix Awards with VICE.

Adrienne Mason is the managing editor of Hakai Magazine, a digital publication that focuses on science and society in coastal ecosystems. Prior to starting at Hakai she helped launch KNOW, a science magazine for children and was its managing editor for six years. Adrienne also writes about science, nature, and history, and has published over 30 books, the most recent on Long Beach, one of western Canada’s favourite destinations.

For more than a decade, JosianneMassé has been in the media industry, earning the title of “slasher” with multiple talents: web editor, proven social media manager, blogger and writer. Josianne is above all a journalist passionate about education, cinema and society issues. A leading woman, she is also an entrepreneur who founded and supported for two years an extraordinary publication that redefined the notion of women’s magazine.

Lauren McKeon is a national award-winning editor and writer. She is the current digital editor at The Walrus and the former editor of This Magazine, as well as a contributing editor at Toronto Life. Her writing has appeared in various publications, including the Walrus, Hazlitt, Flare, Reader’s Digest, and Best Canadian Essays 2017. Her first book, F-Bomb: Dispatches from the War on Feminism, is out now. In addition to writing and editing, she has also taught long-form journalism at Humber College. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Non-Fiction from the University of King’s College.

Aya McMillan is an award-winning writer and style expert with over 15 years experience in print and online publishing. Born and based in Toronto, she’s held senior editorial positions at Weddingbells, FLARE, and Mode Media, and her work has appeared in a diverse range of media titles including Fashion, Elle Canada, 29Secrets, The Kit, Canadian Business, Vogue Nippon, WWD and The Globe and Mail. She currently works as a digital marketing consultant conceptualizing integrated content strategies and building social media programs for brands across the retail, luxury, and lifestyle sectors.

Jamie Monastyrskiis an expert in the Indigenous communications and media industry serving over 25 years as an editor, journalist and communications professional. He was editor of Aboriginal Voices Magazine, a reporter with the U.S National newspaper Indian Country Today, the editor and co-founder of SPIRIT Magazine and currently publishes magazines for various Indigenous organizations such as the Chiefs of Ontario and the Assembly of First Nations.

Christa Morrison is a Journalism (New Media) educator and award-winning multimedia storyteller. She works as Digital Pedagogy Specialist at the Paul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching at McMaster University. In this role, Christa provides technological and pedagogical support to educators and learners to enhance learning in face-to-face, digital and hybrid learning spaces. She acts as consultant on projects focusing on innovation, digital fluency, digital storytelling, and the development of new generation social-collaborative learning environments.

A self-described geek, Susan Nerberg is an award-winning freelance journalist with a keen interest in science and the environment, design and architecture, adventure and the great outdoors. She has been a writer and editor for nearly two decades, crafting narrative stories and editorial packages for some of Canada’s leading national magazines. When she’s not out exploring, she writes for Canadian Geographic, Azure, National Geographic Traveler, Report on Business magazine, Cottage Life and enRoute, among others.

Jen O’Brien is an award-winning digital editor and writer with more than a decade of experience managing some of Canada’s top lifestyle websites. She is currently executive digital editor at Weddingbells.ca and prior to that she helmed the online content strategy at Chatelaine.com as senior digital editor. Jen’s work has been published in a variety of magazines, newspapers and on websites across Canada including Fashionmagazine.com, Flare.com, Canadianliving.com, Outpost, glow and The Coast.

Laura Osborne, formerly editor-in-chief of the award-winning RICARDO magazine, is a contributing editor at RICARDO. Before joining the RICARDO team, Laura worked at Spafax where she served as the Senior Editor of Air Canada’s enRoute magazine, among other publications. Her first editorial gig was as an intern at Maisonneuve magazine.

As a geographer-cum-journalist Jean-François Parent has been covering the financial, securities litigation, business, natural resources and investment sectors for 15 years as both staff and freelance feature writer. Eventually drifted into business intelligence and data journalism—generating story ideas from data analysis. Now doing contract work (editing/feature writing/content marketing) with law firms, financial institutions, public companies, government agencies and lobby groups/think tanks. He is also a guest lecturer in journalism and an upright bass player.

Tina Pittaway is an independent journalist, strategist and content creator with more than 20 years of experience. She has worked extensively in television, radio, online, magazine and podcast production.

When she’s not out gallivanting in nature Katrina Pyne is a video editor and producer with the Hakai Institute and Hakai Magazine in Victoria, British Columbia, where she produces science communications and natural history content. She comes from a background in journalism and has produced media content for a variety of publications from coast to coast.

Alex Roslin is an award-winning journalist who was president of the board of the Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting. His book “Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Domestic Violence” has been nominated for eight awards, including nominations in the Reader’s Favorite International Book Awards, the American Book Fest’s Best Book Awards and the Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. He is also co-winner of the Arlene Book Award of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and has won three Canadian Association of Journalists prizes for investigative reporting. He has worked as an associate producer for the CBC’s The Fifth Estate and written for many Canadian and U.S. magazines and newspapers.

Mathilde Roy is a reporter at Protégez-Vous magazine, where she covers health and food. Prior to joining Protégez-Vous, she worked as a web journalist at L’actualité. Mathilde has a degree in journalism and a master’s in political science. She lives in Montreal.

Harley Rustad is a features editor and writer at The Walrus magazine whose work has appeared in publications including Outside, the Globe and Mail, and Geographical. He is the author of Big Lonely Doug: the story of one of Canada’s last great trees.

Jen Schlumberger is an ideas-driven creator who works as a digital producer at CBC in their marketing and communications department. She’s also a freelance writer and has contributed to various parenting publications: Today’s Parent, Yummy Mummy Club, CBC Parents, and Parents Canada. She’s passionate about connecting with audiences, storytelling, and eating cereal. She’s also a professionally trained improviser (Second City), and proud mother of two (professional status pending).

Nael Shiabis a data reporter for CBC/Radio-Canada, in Montreal. His coding skills allow him to produce exclusive stories, with immersive data visualizations and web apps. His ultimate goal is to build an army of bots that would work for him, so he’ll be able to listen to podcasts and drink coffee all day.

Taylor Shute is a Toronto based Art Director with over a decade of experience working with a number of acclaimed publications and brands such as Toronto Star, Maclean’s, Cottage Life, Eye Weekly, and more. He currently leads creative and content at Toronto integrated marketing agency, YBIMC.

Chris Skinner is a digital strategy consultant with more than 12 years in media. Chris was previously head of digital for CTV.ca, Vice President, Digital at Anthem Sports & Entertainment and held several leadership roles at St. Joseph Media. He has been fortunate to have worked with some of the best in the industry, winning several Canadian Screen Awards and Canadian Online Publishing Awards along the way.

Joyce Smith is an Associate Professor with Ryerson’s School of Journalism, where since 2001 she has taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses. She is currently director of the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre, and continues to investigate the representation of religion in mainstream media.

Currently a freelance writer, Howard Solomon is the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, he’s written for several of ITWC’s sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that he was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald for 11 years and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times for five years.

Carmine Starnino is the deputy editor of The Walrus.

Hannah Sung is the manager of digital video and podcasts at TVO in Toronto. Her role is to strategically grow video and podcast content that incorporates TVO’s overall learning mandate and commitment to civic engagement. Previously, she created award-winning video and podcast content at the Globe and Mail. Hannah began her career at MuchMusic as their pop culture reporter and has been a producer and columnist for the Toronto Star, CBC and FLARE. She is committed to diversity and inclusion in media. She lives with her partner and two children in Toronto.

David Topping is the director of newsletters for all of Torstar’s editorial titles, including the Toronto Star. In his career in Canadian media, largely in digital leadership roles, he’s worked at everything from flush start-ups to poor but punchy up-and-comers, and his work has been regularly recognized as the best of its kind in the country, including at the National Magazine Awards, where he’s won five.

Jes Watson is a writer, editor and digital strategist based in Toronto. With over 15 years working in both publishing and digital media, her focus is combining disciplines to create compelling stories for digital and social platforms. Prior to working at Juliet Creative, she was the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Living magazineand Executive Producer of Digital at Corus Entertainment.

Fadi Yaacoub is currently the executive creative director, visuals and digital design of the Toronto Star. He is an experienced digital and creative leader in content creation and visual storytelling, with a track record of success in establishing design departments, building news apps, branding television networks, designing primetime newscasts and brand identities at the largest Canadian media corporations. His main area of expertise is on the intersection between editorial, managerial, branding, product and design sectors.

Kenny Yum is a long-time digital journalist, working in leadership roles at major news organizations for the past 18 years. He is currently the chief of staff at CBC News. For six years, he was Editor in Chief at HuffPost Canada and was managing editor at AOL Canada, where he also oversaw AOL’s Canadian operated brands such as Moviefone, Autoblog and StyleList.

The Gold and Silver medals were presented to winners on May 29th, at the 4th annual Digital Publishing Awards Soirée. Gold winners in individual categories each received a $500 cheque. Here’s the full list of 2019 DPA winners.